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MRS. mm LODGERS 



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Cbaracters. 

Mrs. HoNORiA Flynn . . Keeper of the Lodging- House, 
Richard Fairfax . . . . A Poor Artist a?id ofie of 

The Lodgers. 

Sam His Colored Personal Servant. 

Professor Weinhaben Another Lodger. 

Anton Sauerblitz . . A Prospective Buyer of Paint- 
ings» 



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MRS. FLYNN'S LODGERS. 



Scene : Fairfax's combmed bedroom and studio contaiti 
ing couch, chairs, stool and easel. Among the prop- 
erties necessary to the sketch are two paintings or 
lithographs. They can be set on easel so they are 
not seen by audience. The curtain rises and discloses 
Sam, seated on stool near footlights, engaged in black- 
ing his master's boots, while Fairfax, in stocking 
feet; is painting at easel in rear of stage. 

Richard. Sam, haven't you finished with those 
shoes yet ? I'm getting frapped feet standing here in 
my hole-proofs with no fire in the room. 

Sam. I'se got one done, Mas'r Dick. The other'll 
be ready jes' as soon as I blow my bref on it some 

more. , ^„, , 

Richard. Well, toss it over and I'll stand on one 
leg like a crane until you have finished the job. (Sam 
brings it over and returns to stool. While putting shoe 
on Fairfax says) Some day I hope to make my for- 
tune, and when I do the first thing I'll buy will be a 
pair of shppers. 

Sam. Golly, Mas'r Dick, you don't need to make 
no fortune ! All you has got to do is to go home to 
Virginny an' tell de old General dat you is tired of 
paintin' and is ready to study law like he said yo' 
should. Den de ol' Mas'r '11 forgive yo' an' we-all will 
have plenty to eat— po'k and sweet pertates an' hominy 
an' possum— My! but I can jes' taste it now!— an' 
more money to spend than dat Mr. Someother dreams 
is in de world outsiden his own pile. (Hands second 
shoe to Fairfax) 

3 



4 MRS. FLYNN'S LODGERS. 

Richard. Sara, I wish you'd get a job with some 
one who could afford to pay you wages. It's over two 
months since I've given you a cent, and I know you 
need money as badly as 1 do. Forget about the old 
home. I can't give up my art, after spending the little 
money mother left me studying in Paris and Rome. 
But even if I did, father would never forgive me for 
disregarding his wishes. He belongs to a past genera- 
tion that has been left behind by the march of progress. 
Why he doesn't even know the war is over. 

Sam. 'Scuse me for disagreein' with you, Mas'r 
Dick, but I is sure de General would be powerful glad 
to welcome you back if you reproached him in de 
proper spirit. Why Liza Ann done told me — you 
remember Liza Ann what cooked for dem no " count 
Carters" down home, don't you? 

Richard. Yes, Sam, I remember there was such a 
person. 

Sam. Well, Liza Ann told me, when I met her on 
Sixth Abenue the other day, dat after we left for dem 
foreign parts, where coons is scarcer than dollar bills 
is now, old Mas'r done close up de house and live in 
retiredment — jes' like his po' heart was broken. 

Richard. That does not alter the case, Sam. The 
governor is too proud to make the first overture, and I 
certainly can't go crawling back to him — a miserable 
failure with no achievements to show the wisdom of my 
course. But we won't discuss the subject ; it's a pain- 
ful one. The main point is, why won't you leave me 
and strike out on your own account ? Surely there 
must be opportunities of steady employment in this 
great city for a strong fellow like you. 

Sam. What, leave you, Mas'r Dick, to be discom- 
posed every other minute by dat female Irisher down 
stairs ? No, sir 1 I reckon dis chile ain't done forgot 
he was born on de same plantation with you, an' dat 
his old pap was once de General's butler and slave. 
Besides, look at de barrels ob money you spent totin' 
me all over dat foreign Yurrup, libin all de time like de 
King ob England on his vacation. An' now, jes' be- 



MRS. FLYNN'S LODGERS. 5 

case you is hard-up an' can't sell no pictures in dis 
crazy New York, do yo' suppose I'se gwine to leabe 
yo' for de sake ob a few tainted dollars? Well I 
reckon not. Who would lie to de landlady when she 
comes fo' de rent, I'd like to know, if Sam warn't here 
to do it ? Yo' can't, case yo' is a gentleman ; but I — 
I'se only a no 'count nigger what de Angel Gabriel 
ain't got time to bother with. 

{The following dialogue between Mrs. Flynn and Pro- 
fessor Weinhaben is heard off stage^ 

Mrs. F. I've come for me rint, Perfisser, that ye 
promised to have ridy this mornin'. 

Prof. Vat is los ? 

Sam. Lordy 1 Speakin' ob de debil — dere she is 
now, a tacklin' de Dutchman. It's your turn next, 
Mas'r Dick. 

(Fairfax takes fiight-shirt from underneath pillow on 
couch.) 

Mrs. F. Don't spake to me in your low-down 
Dutch ; money talks, an' it's the only langwidge Oi 
understand. 

(Fairfax puts night-gowii on over his clothes and lays on 
couch with covers over him.) 

Richard. Sam, think up some excuse before she 
gets here; I've only got a nickel left and she won't be 
satisfied with that. 

Prof. Veil, you see, efery moment I vas expec- 
tioning dot leedle Heinrich to come by der house for 
his lesson yet. He owes me for der last quarter, al- 
ready, und is to bring it vith him ven he gets here. 

Mrs. F. Owes you a quarter, does he ? An' do ye 
think yez can loll around in me best room for two 
wakes an' all you'll have to pay is twinty-foive cints ? 
The nerve av yer 1 Yez ought to be ashamed of yersilf 



(5 MRS. FLYNN'S LODGEtlS. 

— the big, strong man that yez are — talkin' to a poor, 
hard-workin' widow loike thot. If me man Dan was 
aloive he'd soon show you wot's wot. 

(Fairfax, in pullifig covers up about his shoulders , 
exposes his feet and shoes?) 

Richard Here — get something quick, Sam, to put 
over my feet. 

Prop. Vait ! you are mistooking my meaning ! It 
was a quarter of a year Heinrich owes me, not a quar- 
ter of a dollar. 

Mrs. F. An' phat the divil is a quarter of a year 
in American money ? 

Prof. Fifteen dollars. 

Mrs. F. An' ye owe me tin. Viry well, Oi'll give 
yez till twilve o'clock to pay up. If ye don't do it thin, 
out yez go. Remimber, Oi mane it 1 . . . Now for thot 
lazy artist in the nixt room. 

(Mrs. Flynn knocks and enters.) 

Mrs. F. Have yez got me 

Sam. Sh ! Don't disturb him ; he am sleepin'. 

Mrs. F. Well phat the — Shlapin' is he at tin 
o'clock in the mornin' ! Well it's toime he was up an' 
earnin' the money to pay me phat he owes me. The 
oidea ! tucked up in bed at this hour, an' me a-workin' 
an' a-shlavin' the skin off me bones to keep a roof 
over the loikes of thot. Oi'll get him up, if Oi have to 
yank him out by the fate. {Starts toward eouch.) 

Sam (stopping her). Don't do dat I If yo' has any 
modesty left, I'se a-tellin' you, don't do dat ! 

Mrs. F. An' phy shouldn't Oi do it if Oi'loikes .? 
(Sam laughs) 

Mrs. F. An' phat the divil are yez laughin' at, yer 
blakfaced imp of Satan ? 

Sam {quickly sohe?'i?ig). I'se only laughin' at de 
idea ob a lady like yo' to do such a thing. 

Mrs. F. Well, don't do it agin, that's all. But 
where's me rint ? Thot's what Oi come for, an'thot's 



MRS. FLYNN'S LODGERS. f 

phat Oi mane to have. Did he get the check you told 
me yesterday he expected ? 

Sam. Yes'm ; he got it all right. 

Mrs. F. Thin hand over the money. 

Sam. Money ? What money ? 

Mrs. F. The money from the check av course. Or, 
if ye have not cashed it yit, give it to me an' Oi'll put 
it through me bank. 

Sam. O, yo' mean the check ? No, he didn't get it 
yet ; I disremembered the case correctly. Yo' see de 
gentleman wrote that he was jes' fresh out ob of checks, 
but as soon as he got in a new supply he would send 
one along. 

Mrs. F. Phat are ye tryin' to do, kid me ? {Bell 
is heard rmging in the distance) There's the door-bell ; 
an' Oi must run an' answer it ! See thot yez get yer 
master up an' Oi'll be back and attind to him later. 
An' tell him if he don't pay up by twilve o'clock, Oi'll 
fire him out, so Oi will. \,Exit Mrs. Flynn. 

Richard {sitting up in bed). Has she gone? 

Sam. Yas, sir ; but she'll be back to discommode us 
agin in a little while. Dat woman suttingly am de 
limit. She gets me so rattled I can't think what I'se 
saying. 

{A knock is heard at door, which Sam opens and enter 
Professor Weinhaben.) 

Prof. Wie gehts, Herr Fairfax. 

Richard. Good morning. Professor. Sit down. 
I'll be with you as soon as I get out of this night shirt. 
It's needless to ask how the world is using you, for the 
walls are so thin I overheard your conversation with 
the landlady. ,., , ^ 

Prof. Thin ? Yas ; yust so thin like my pocket- 
book. I will tell you someding ! Dot leedle fellow 
Heinrich vot iss coming mit der monoy 

Richard. Yes. 

Prof. Veil he ain't coming, dot's all. 

Richard. The boy who is coming with the money 
isn't coming ? What do you mean ? 



8 MRS. FLYNN'S LODGERS. 

Prof. I mean that I was a fibber und a skinner 
und a peast — all because I vas vot you call busted ! 
Ven I haf got money — I vas a goot fellow ; but ven I 
am broke — I vas der very Teufel. 

Richard. Yes, there is a great deal of truth in that. 
Circumstances have more to do with our morals than 
the people on Easy Street realize. But what are you 
going to do about your rent ? 

Prof. I don't know. If der vidder turns me out — 
I will haf to go out. Und to-night I vill sleep mit my 
head in a ash-can — if I don't jump the dock off. 

Richard. Don't get despondent, Professor. I'm 
up against it myself or I'd help you out with a loan. 
Where are you going, Sam ? 

Sam. I's jes' gwine to de store, Mas'r Dick, fo' a 
can ob baked beans. 

Richard. Oh ; all right. But hold on ! How do 
you expect to get baked beans without money .<* 

Sam. De grocer done owe us a can in place ob de 
one dat was spiled last week. 

Richard. Very well. (Exit Sam.) 

Richard. I suspect he's got ,a little money of his 
own and intends to pay for it out of that. Well, when 
I get on my feet again I'll make it up to him. 

Prof. You don't find mooch money, den, in dese 
artisticals ? 

Richard. Money ? No. The wealthy class expect 
you to forsake the principles of art and paint their wo- 
men to resemble angels and their men to look like states- 
men, else they'll have nothing to do with you. And the 
masses ! — What they appreciate is something like this. 
{^Removes paintiiig from easel and puts pietiu e of sunset 
in its plaee.) Here is a scene on the Mississippi that I 
made when I was fourteen years old. Of course it is 
rotten — my taste and talent were still undeveloped — 
but yet the lurid coloring would appeal to the un- 
educated. 

Prof. Sure. I have been thinking, Herr Fairfax, 
about an acquaintance vot I made a friend of*der udder 
day, already. 



MRS. FLYNN'S LODGERS. 9 

Richard. Yes. 

Prof. Ya ; I met up by him in Dunkel's down on 
der corner, yet. He comes in and asks Heiney, vere 
it iss a good place for some lodgings to get. Und 
ven Heiney mention two or dree, he vants to know 
about der Vidder Flynn's. Den Heiney introductions 
him to me, und der first ting he says is, "I'll haf a 
soda, vot vill you take ? " Den I tells him dot 1 haf 
quit drinking in a measure, and he says " Try a leedle 
in a glass." So I takes a soda too, und den he ink- 
quires all about der house und der people in it. 

Richard. Is he thinking of coming here to live ? 

Prof. No ; he said he was looking for a place for 
his nephew, who is coming on from Milwaukee next 
week. Ven I mentioned your name und told him vot 
beautiful paintings und lofely sculpturings you made, 
he seemed to take interest right away und said he 
vould like to see some of dose tings. I tink he has 
got money on der bank. Und perhaps if I brought 
him in here he might buy a picture und den you 
vould be all right. 

Richard. That's a good idea ! I'll tell you what 
I'll do, Professor. If you sell him one of my paint- 
ings I will give you half the proceeds. 

Prof. You vill ? Den I can pay der rent und laugh 
mit scornfulness at docks und ash-cans. Right away 
I will go look for him. 

Richard. Very well. Get him here before twelve 
o'clock or you may have to entertain him on the side- 
walk. And if I shouldn't be in when you return, make 
yourself at home ; I won't keep you waiting long. 

Prof. Ja wohl. 

(Weinhaben starts for the door and collides with Sam, 
who is Just ejiterijig, knockifig the can of beans out 
of his hand.) 
Prof. Vy don't you look vere you is ventin ? 
Sam. Scuse me. Professor ; I was so anxious to 
get back an' hear yo' interestin' conversation that I 
run all de way from de store. 



10 MRS. FLYNN'S LODGERS. 

Prof. Veil, I vill forgif you dis time because I 
vos in a hurry yet. So long ! 

Richard. Au revoir. (^.r// Weinhaben.) 

Sam. Ha, ha ! I bet I done jolt him dat time. 
Mas'r Dick, for why don't yo' ax him to lunch .? Den 
we will hab scrambled baked beans an' noodles. De 
perfessor will be der noodle. Ho, ho! 

Richard. That will do, Sam. He is a good fellow 
and I don't want you to make fun of him. Besides, 
he may yet save us from being turned out of the 
house. 

Sam. How am dat ? 

Richard. He is to bring a friend here to 'look at 
paintings. If the fellow should happen to buy one 
we would be all right — for the present. And, by the 
way, if they come while I'm out, make them as com- 
fortable as possible until I return. 

Sam. Yas s'r. Is yo' gwine far, Mas'r Dick ? 

Richard. No ; only over to the Avenue and back. 
My coat, please. Now my stick. Thanks. 

i^Exit Fairfax.) 

Sam. I suspec' de young Mas'r is in lub agin. 
Very funny why he has to take dese walks to de Abenue 
fo' an' five times a day. An' didn't I see him, last 
week, a-gazin' up at a house like he hoped to see it 
on fire so's he could rush in an' sabe his angel from 
de flames ? Ho, ho 1 you can't fool Sam. If he would 
only take a good big dose ob castor oil, he would get 
it out ob his system an' feel better. But sho' ! yo' 
can't tell dat to dese young bloods ; dey likes to mope 
aroun' an' look at de moon an' hug their misery — 
when dey might be huggin' anubber gal. But I sup- 
pose I couldn't change dis crazy ol' world if I tried, 
so I might as well make de best ob it. 

{Enter Mrs. Flynn. Song for Sam can be introdueed 

here if desired.) 

Mrs. F. I see your master go out a minute ago. 
Has he gone to get some money for me — or simply to 
buy cigaroots ? 



MRS. FLYNN'S LOpGERS. H 

Sam. Yus'm. 

Mrs. F. Yas'm. Which question do yez be an- 
swerin', Oi'd loike to know ? 

Sam. Bofe. If he gets de money, he am sure to 
buy de cigarettes. 

Mrs. F. Arragh ! a nice penny dude he is ! One 
of the Hall-Room byes, sure enough. He can't pay 
me me rent, but Oi notice he can shport a handsome 
cane, all right. 

Sam. He didn't buy that stick. 

Mrs. F. He didn't ?, Where did he get it thin, 
shtale it ? 

Sam. No ; that was a present from de King of 
France. 

Mrs. F. There ain't no King of France , ye lyin' 
shpalpeen. 

Sam. Well den it was de King ob Eyetaliany. 

Mrs. F. The King of the Waps, eh ? Oi want to 
know 1 Oi suppose ye've thraveled considerably on 
the other side ? 

Sam. Sure ; ober three hundred thousand miles. 

Mrs. F. Ye don't say. An' did ye go to Oireland 
at all, at- all ? 

Sam. Ireland ? Ireland ? Oh yes, we went to Ire- 
land. Yo' see dat picture dere ? {Poifits to sunset 
scene) He done made dat in Ireland. Dat am Lake 
— Lake — I disremember de name. 

Mrs. F. Killarney ? 

Sam. Dat's it. I knew it was Kill-something. 

Mrs. F. Sure an' it's the beautiful shpot, all roight, 
all roight ; Oi'd recognize it anywhere. 

Sam. Mebbe he might gib it to yo', if yo' was to go 
easy wid him on de rent. But I dunno ; he thinks a 
heap ob dat picture becase ob de good time he had 
while he was a-paintin' ob it. Howsomever, I'll jes' 
put it aside so's when de perfessor comes wid de man 
to buy de picture, he won't take dis one. {Removes it 
from easel) 

Mrs. F. So that lazy Dutchman is to bring a buyer 
with him, is he ? 



12 MRS. FLYNNS LOt>GERS. 

Sam. Yas'm ; it am a friend of his. 
Mrs. F. Well, it's a wonder he wouldn't look for 
some fool to buy his music. 

(A knock is heard at door.) 

Sam. Dere dey is now, I reckon. {Goes to door 
and opens it. Enter Professor Weinhaben and 
Anton Sauerblitz) Walk right in, gentlemen. 

(Sauerblitz makes the fnistake of shakiiig Sam enthu- 
siastically by the handy then bows low before Mrs. 
Flynn.) 

Anton. Guten morgen, Frau Fairfax. I hope your 
healt* vas keeping pace mit your constitution, already. 

Mrs. F. Phat the divil are ye drivin' at ? Are ye 
bughouse or just plain dippy ? 

Prof. Vait, Anton ! you vas miscalculating der 
personalities. Mrs. Flynn, my frient Herr Sauerblitz. 

AoTON. Mooch obliged to meet your introduction. 

Mrs. F. Sauerblitz ? Oi should think it would be 
Sour-fits, the way ye tw'st yersilf around the Ainglish 
langwidge. Perfissor, has thot bye brought yet he 
quarter-of-a-year yet thot he owes ye 1 

Prof. Donnerwetter ! {Takes the widow aside and 
expostulates with her in whispers) 

Sam. Make yo'self at home, Mr. — Mr. — Jes' make 
yo'self at home. The master will be back sho'tly, an* 
he done told me to see dat yo' was comfortable. 

Anton. Donkershane ! I feels a gratefulness for 
your kind intentions. 

Mrs. F. Viry well ; Oi'll kape quiet. But remim- 
ber, Perfissor, twilve o'clock is the limit for both you 
and the artist. 

Prof. Ya ; I won't forget. 

{Exit Mrs. Flynn. 

Prof. Veil, Anton, here ve is in der vunderful 
stootio I vas tellin' you apout. {Turni?ig to Sam.) I 
vant to show my frient some of der marfelous vorks of 
art your master keeps by der place. 



MRS. FLYNN'S LODGERS. ^[3 

Sam* Go right ahead an' help yo'self, Perfissor. 

Prof, {placing picture on easel). Now ve haf here 
a painting so delicate in texture dot it is necessary to 
protect it vith a cloth, already. 

Anton. He keeps it covered up for fear it vill get 
sunburned, ain't it ? But I vouldn't call dot delicate. 

Prof. Ah 1 dot is because your eye vasn't educated 
up to der proper contemplation of der subject. Dis 
picture has der vonderful property of following you all 
arount the room. 

Anton. I don't tink my wife would like that pic- 
tures 1 

Prof. It possesses der attraction of gravitation to 
such a degree, dot ven you vunce lay your eyes on 
it you find it hard to get dem back again. Vy, ven I 
comes in here, I looks at it und looks at it und den 
I looks away und tries to think of someding else ; but 
soon I finds myself vanting to see more of it, so I 
looks back again. It's called der good old summer 
time because dere's so much sun, ain't it. 

Anton. Dot's vy he calls it der goot old summer- 
time? 

Prof. Sure. 

Anton. Dit you efer see anything like dot yourself, 
Weinhaben ? 

Prof. Vy no; can't you see dis is in der coun- 
try ? I haf always lifed in der city. 

Anton. Do they haf such suns in der country, 
already ? 

Anton. Ach no ! I wouldn't haf such a sunshine 
picture in der house, 

Prof. Veil perhaps you vould prefer to look at some 
udder supjects. Now here — {Picks up sunset sdene and 
places on easel.) Here is a painting, done in crayons, 
of der Rhine at sunset. You see dis leedle dot on der 
top of der hill ? 

Anton. Yes ; vot is it — a fly-speck ? 

Prof. No ; dot was der ruins of Castle Weiner- 
wurst. Time und der elephants. 

Anton. Do they have elephants in Chermany ? 



14 MRS. PLYNNS LODGl^RS. 

Prof. Sure they have elephants in Germany? 

Anton. 1 never saw any. 

Prof. Vas you efer in Chermany ? 

Anton. No ; but I vas in Little Hungary vunce, and 
I didn't see any there ; nor camels noider. 

Prof. Oh, you are talking about animal elephants; 
I was referring to der vedder elephants. 

Anton. Der vedder elephants ? 

Prof. Sure ; rain und snow und tunder und light- 
ning. 

Anton. Dot's der elements. 

Prof. Aint dot vot I said it } Veil, time und der — 
you know — haf caused der vails to crumble away until 
all dere is left is vot you see here. 

Anton. It looks like vun brick to me. 

Prof. Dot is der vunderful part about der picture I 
It is yust there dot the artist shows the distance be- 
tween the observer und vot he is observationing. Und 
den, by having the walls all fallen down, he captivates 
the imagination by making you tink vot a peautiful 
building it must have been ; ven,if he had left it stood- 
ing upright, it might look like — like — 

Anton. An Eight Avenue tenement-house ? 

Prof. Sure ; only not so goot. Yust gaze at der 
marfelous perspective to der atmosphere! und note 
how easily der foreground slips into der middle-distance, 
like a man stepping on a banana-peel. Ach ! it is a 
great work of art ! Tink how much it must haf cost 
him I He made a special trip all der vay from New 
York to Chermany yust to paint dot vun picture. 

Anton. It must be quite an expensiveness to buy 
it then ? 

Prof. Expensiveness ? No matter vot he charges, 
it is worth yust twice so much 1 

{Enter Richard Fairfax.) 

Richard. Good morning, gentlemen. I hope I 
haven't kept you waiting long. 

Prof. No; only a few minutes. Herr Fairfax, 
shook hands mit my friend, Anton Sauerblitz. 

Richard. Pardon me, I didn't catch the name. 



MRS. FLYNN'S LODGERS. 15 

Anton. Sauerblitz. 

Richard. Ah, to be sure. Very glad to know you, 
Mr. Sauerblitz . . . Sam, did you offer the gentlemen 
some grape juice ? 

Sam. No, sah. 

Richard. Why not. 

Sam. I didn't tink dere was any left in. 

Richard. Bring the bottle and glasses — er — glass 
at once. 

Sam. De one yo' keeps yo' tooth-brush in, Mas'r 
Dick? 

Richard. The cut glass tumbler, Sam. {To the 
others.) I'm sorry I haven't one for each of us ; but 
we can take our turn, if you don't mind. 

Anton. Sure ; vot's der difference. 

{After Sam has brought it Fairfax hands glass to 
Sauerblitz ajid starts to pour.) 

Richard. Say when. 

Anton. Ven ; dot's plenty. {Holding glass aloft.) 
To der vimin, Gott bless dem ; dey need it 1 

(Fairfax hands glass to Weinhaben ajid is about to 
pour into it when the latter grabs bottle from him 
and ails glass to the brim.) 

Richard. Put a little on your hair, Professor ; it's 
a good tonic. 

Prof. Prosit ! {Drinks and smacks his lips.) Ach, 
dot vas good ! 

Richard ( Taking small drink). Here's to you, gentle- 
men 1 {Hands glass and decanter lyack to Sam.) Sam, 
run down to the corner and get the correct time ; it 
must be nearing noon. 

Sam. All right — in a minute, Mas'r Dick. 

Prof. I haf been showing Anton some of your 
paintings, Herr Fairfax. 

Richard. Yes ; And what does he think of them ? 

Anton. I likes dot scene on der Rhine pretty veil, 
und vould like to know der price of it. 



16 MRS. FLYNN'S LODriKRS. 

Richard. Scene on the Rhine ? What- 



(Weinhaben makes wild gesture to attract Fairfax's 
atte7itio?i.) 

Richard. Oh yes ; you could have that for- 



Prof. Excuse me, Herr Fairfax, but haf you got 
a cigarette about you ? 
Richard. Certainly. 

(Weinhaben /^/^^i- Fairfax aside aiid accepts a cigarette. 
Sauerblitz obseri'es Sam, in backgroutid, helpiiig 
himse/f to more grape juice and promptly joins him 
in two or three ivhile the others are talki?ig.) 

Prof. Charge him five-hundred dollars ; he vill 
stand it. I haf got him going. 

Richard. But what picture is he talking about ? 

Prof. Der vun on der easel dere, 

Richard. What ! five hundred for that sketch ? 

Prof. Sure ! I told him you vent all der vay to 
Chermany especially to paint it. 

Richard. But it isn't M^orth five dollars. 

Prof. No matter; a picture is vorth yust vot you 
can get for it. He likes dot better as all der udders 
und vill pay vot you ask him. Remember der rent is 
due at twelve o'clock. I get half, don't I ? 

Richard. Why, of course. But I can't sell him 
that sketch for any such exorbitant price. 

Prof. Der more you charge der better he vill tink 
der picture is. Besides, if you don't sell him dot vun 
he von't buy any udders,und den ve vill be turned out 
of der house yet. 

Richard {hesitati?ig). Very well ; I suppose you 
know best. 

Prof. Und anoder ting. If he should ask you to 
make some alterations by it, slap some more on der 
price. 

Richard. All right ; Fll do as you say. 

{Exit Sam. 

Prof. Anton, I haf yust been telling Herr Fairfax 



MRS. FLYNN'S LODGERS. 17 

dot because you vas a frient of mine he should take a 
leedle off der price of der painting. 

Anton. Sure ; dot vas a goot idea. 

Richard {at easel). Just step over here, Mr. Sau- 
erblitz. Now you can see for yourself that a picture 
of this description is worth a lot of money. 

Anton, Sure; dot's vy I like it. 

Richard. The regular price for such a painting 
would be six-hundred-and-fifty dollars ; but seeing you 
are a friend of the professor's, I'll let you have it for 
five hundred. 

Anton. Five hundred dollars ? 

Richard. Yes. 

Anton. Vait a moment vile I speak to my frient. 
(Walks over and addresses Weinhaben) He says I 
should pay him five-hundred for it. Vould you do it ? 

Prof. {deliberati?ig while he paces fioor). Veil, I'll 
tell you — yes, I vould. 

Anton {going back to Fairfax). Veil, if I buy der 
picture, could you move der castle back of der hill vere 
it couldn't be seen ? 

(Fairfax looks at Weinhaben who holds up o?ie finger.) 

Richard. Yes ; but that would cost you a hundred 
more, Mr. Sauerblitz. 

Anton. I vill speak to my frient about it. {Step- 
ping over to Weinhaben.) He says it would cost a 
hundred dollars to move der castle. Vould you pay it ? 

Prof. {paci7ig fioor a little further). Veil, I'll tell 
you — yes, I vould. 

Anton {returni?ig to Fairfax). Anodder ting ; you 
see vere der sun is sinking ? 

Richard. Yes. 

Anton. I am afraid it vill soon be sinking in der 
sink. Couldn't you lift it up a little higher yet ? 

(Fairfax looks at Weinhaben who holds up two fingers.) 

Richard. Yes, that could be done ; but I'll have 
to charge you two hundred extra for it. 



18 MRS. FLYNN'S LODGERS. 

Anton. Just a minute. (Going over foWEinuABEH.) 
He vants two hundred for lifting der sun up a little 
higher. Vould you gif it to him ? 

Prof, {pacing floor still further). Veil, I'll tell you 
— ^yes, I vould. 

Anton {returnitig to easel and gazing critically at 
picture). I tink dot ven der sun is higher up, maybe 
it vould shine directly in peoples eyes und gif dem der 
pink-eye. Could you shift it ofer to der Northeast a 
little ? 

(Fairfax looks at Weinhaben who again holds "up two 

fingers.) 

Richard. Yes, for an additional two hundred. 

Anton. I'll see vot der professor tinks. ( Walking 
over to Weinhaben) He asks two hundred to shift 
der sun a little to der Northeast. Vould you pay it ? 

Prof, (pacing entire length of stage). Veil, I tell you 
— ^yes. 

Anton (returning to Fairfax). How much does 
dat make it, altogedder ? 

Richard. Let me see ; five and one is six, and two 
is eight, and two is ten — one thousand dollars. 

Anton. Veil, I'll tell you — I'll tink it over. 

Richard. How long a time do you want to con- 
sider it, Mr. Sauerblitz ? 

Amton. Oh, mebbe a month. 
(Clock strikes twelve ; Fairfax and Weinhaben ex- 
change glafices of consternation^ then Fairfax /<z^(?j 
floor while other two are talking^ 

Prof. But, Anton, you don't understand ! Herr 
Fairfax made you a special priee, didn't he ? 

Anton. Sure ; he took off a hundred-and-fifty und 
added on five hundred. Dot's goot business ! 

Prof. Yes ; but mebbe a month from now prices 
will go up on der Stocking Exchange und you would 
haf to pay so much as twelve hundred for it. 

Anton. Veil, vot's der hurry ? He ain't needing 



MRS. FLYNN'S LODGERS. 19 

der money, is he ? A man vot gets a tousand dollars 
for vun picture ought to be veil fixed. 

Prof. Sure he is veil fixed. He could afford to 
throw two — three — four tousand dollars out of der 
vinder; only he wouldn't do it for fear he might hit 
some vun on der head. 

Anton. Veil, den I guess he can vait a month. 

Prof. I vasn't tinking of him, Anton ; it v as your 
interests only I vas looking out for. I don't vant you 
should haf to pay more money for dis foolish vaiting. 

(Enter Mrs. Flynn.) 

Mrs. F. Well, time's up. It's twilve o'clock an' 
Oi've got ye both here where I can talk to yez. 

Prof. Gott in Himmel I put dat voman out ! 

Mrs. F. Put me out, yer thick-headed Dutchman ? 
Oi'd like to see ye lay a hand on me. Come ! ye can't 
work yer friend for any money, so get out — all of yez. 

Prof. Oh ; you haf been listening by key-holes, 
ain't it ? 

Mrs. F. Niver moind ; I know me business. 

Prof. Yes ; und every vun elses. 

Anton (To Mrs. Flynn). Vot seems to be der 
trouble ? 

Mrs. F. These two galoots owe me two wakes' 
rint a pace, an' Oi've given thim twilve o'clock to pay 
up. An* now it's noon an' they haven't done it, so out 
they go. 

Anton (fo Weinhaben). Vy don't Herr Fairfax 
use some of dot money he didn't trow out of der 
vinder ? 

(T/ie Professor /ooJ^s crestfallen and refnains silent.) 

Richard. Mrs. Flynn, I'm very sorry that I haven't 
the money to pay you just now ; but don't think I'm a 
dead-beat, for you'll get every cent some day. Would 
you mind if I stay here until Sam returns ? 

Mrs. F. An' how long will that be 1 



20 MRS. FLYNN'S LODGERS. 

Richard. Not very long ; he should have been back 
before this. I can't imagine what's keeping him. 

Mrs. F. Well, you can wait tin minutes. 

Anton {to Fairfax). Vere do you expect to go 
von you leave here ? 

Richard. That's more than I can say, Mr. Sauer- 
blitz. 

Anton. Hafn't you any home to vent to ? 

Richard. I had a home once, and glad enough I'd 
be to go back to it ; but I'm afraid my father wouldn't 
receive me if I did. 

Anton. So ? {Faces stage ivhile Fairfax begins to 
collect belongings. ) 

Prof, {to Mrs. Flynn). Vy couldn't you haf 
vaited a moment longer ? Den ve might haf had der 
money. 

Mrs. F. Do ye think ye could get a cint out of 
that tight-wad ? Not on yer life yer couldn't 1 

Anton {coming to a sta?id before Fairfax and 
throwing out his chest). I haf decided, Herr Fairfax, to 
buy der picture. 

Prof, {to Mrs. Flynn). Dere, vot did I tell 
you ! 

Anton. Get me a pen and ink und I vill write out 
der check. 

Richard. But the price, Mr. Sauerblitz ? 

Anton. Has it gone up any since I vaited? 

Richard. No, of course not. But are you willing 
to pay all that money for that picture ? You can have 
three or four if you say so. 

Anton. No ; I am satisfied vid dot vun, alone. 

(Fairfax brings pen and ink. Sauerblitz takes 
check-book f7'07n his pocket, a?id in doing so drops 
letter to floor which 7'einai7is 7i?inoticed.) 

Anton. Vot is your first name, Mr. Fairfax ? 
Richard. Richard. 

Anton {ivriting check and ha?iding it to Fairfax). 
Dere, Mr. Fairfax, is der money. 



MRS. FLYNN'S LODGERS. 21 

Richard. Thank you. Some day, when I have 
made a name for myself, I will show my appreciation 
by giving you a picture. 

Anton. It is nodding. 

Prof. Veil, now everyting is all right 1 I tought 
all dot hot air I used would do some goot. 

Richard {handmg check to Mrs. Flynn). Take 
the Professor's and my rent out of that, Mrs. Flynn. 

Mrs. F. a thousand dollars 1 Sure an' ye don't 
think Oi carry change of thot in me shtocking, do ye ? 
Oi'l have to sind it to the bank and get it certified. 
Just endorse it an' Oi'll get me brother-in-law to take 
it around there. Thin, if it's all right, Oi'll give the 
difference. 

(Fairfax endorses it and hands it to Mrs. Flynn.) 

Mrs. F. Thank ye ; Oi always said ye was a gin- 
tleman. Oi'll return as soon as Mike gets back. 

(Exit Mrs. Flynn as Sam e?iters and beckons to 
Fairfax. 

Sam. Yo' can pay de rent now, Mas'er Dick. I 
won eleben dollars shootin' crap down de alley. Here 
it am. 

Richard. Keep it Sam; I don't need it. Mr. 
Sauerblitz has bought the painting and we're well fixed 
once more. 

Sam. What, dat one dere ? {^Points to easel, laughs 
silefitly, then spyiiig letter onfloor^ picks it up and hands 
it to Fairfax sayi7ig.) Am dis yours, Mas'r Dick ? 

Richard {looks at it and starts). 'Where did you get 
that ? 

Sam. I jes' picked it up offen de flo'. 

Richard. Did either of you gentlemen drop a 
letter ? 

Prof. No ; I didn't. 

Anton. Sure ; I must haf lost vun. 

RicHARD. Then will you kindly explain how you 
come to be in possession of a letter addressed to Erick 
Burlap and written by my father ? 



22 MRS. FLYNN'S LONGERS. 

Anton {dropping dialect, taking off disguise and speak- 
ing in natural voice). I think, Mr. Fairfax, the cir- 
cumstances warrant my exceeding the General's in- 
structions and making a clean breast of everything. 

(Fairfax boufs.) 

Anton. My name is Erick Burlap, and for some 
time past I have been looking after your father's inter- 
ests in New York. A week ago I received this letter 
from him in which he states that you are in this city 
and asks me to look you up. His instructions were, if 
I found you in need, to purchase pictures of you to the 
extend of one thousand dollars, not letting you know 
from whom the money came. Being of German de- 
scent, it was natural for me to assume the character I 
did and try to get as much fun as possible out of the 
transaction. My reason for revealing your father's 
kindness against his wishes is that you expressed a 
desire to go home but were doubtful of your reception. 

Richard. Mr. Sauer — Burlap 

Prof. Sauerburlap : dot's a new one. 

Richard. Mr. Burlap, you did perfectly right; I 
will take the Southern Limited this afternoon for home., 
Sam, start to pack for we leave at three-thirty. 

Sam. Glory ! 

(Mrs. Flynn enfe?'s and hands money to Fairfax.) 

Mrs. F. The check was all right, so here's the dif- 
ference. Count it. 

Richard. Thank you. 

Prof. As I didn't help to sell the picture, Herr 
Fairfax, you don't owe me nudding, but I owe you ten 
dollars. 

Richard. No, Professor ; you did the work and are 
entitled to the money. 

Prof. Donkershane ; you are very goot. 

Mrs. F. Oi always said he was the illigant gintle- 
man. 



MRS. FLYNN'S LODGERS. 23 

Anton. Mr. Fairfax, I wish you a pleasant journey 
and the brightest possible future. 

Richard. Thank you. When I get settled I want 
you all to come down and spend a month with me, and 
ril try and give you a taste of Southern hospitality and 
we will never forget that we were once Mrs. Flynn's 
lodgers. 



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Brandon Thomas, uith.r of "Charley's Aunt." 
5 male, 2 female characters. 



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Amateur Drama 

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Articles N^ded by Amateur* 

Art of Scene Painting 

Baker's Reading Club 

Beards, M'hiskers, Mustaches, etc. 

Bound Sets of Plays 

Bulwer Lytton's Plays 

Burlesque' Dramas 

Burnt Cork 

Cabman's Story 

Carnival of Authors 

Charade Plavs 

Children's Plays 

Comic Dramas for Male Characters 

only 
Costume Books 
Crape Hair 
Cumberland Edition 
Darkey Dramas 
"■'rsmas for Boys 
..Mfitiwing-room 'MonoTogues 

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Fairy and Home '-'lay.s 

French's Costumes 

French's Editions 

French's Italian Operas 

French's Parlor Comedies 

French's Standard and Minor Drama 

French's Standard and Minor Drama, 

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French's Scenes for Amateurs 
Frobisher's '< oiml.ir Recitals 
Grand Army Dram.as 
<iuide Books for AmMteurs 
Guide to Selecting Plays 
Hints on Coslum.s 
Home Plays for Ladies 
Irish Plays 
Irving's Plays 
.luvenile Plavs 
Make-Up Book 
\Iake-Up Box 
Mock Trial 

Mrs. JaHey's Wax Work* 
New Plays 



New Recitation Books 

NiK'-'er ,Ioke.- and Stump Speeches 

Parlor .Magic 

I'arlor Pant.nnimes 

i'ijces of I'lea.«antry 

Poems for Recitations 

Plays for Mr,^ Characters only 

Round Games 

Scenery 

Scriptural and Historical Dramas 

Sensation Dramas 

Se- io-Comic Dramas 

Shadow Pantomimes 

Shakespeare's Plays for Amateurs 



espeare 



Plays 



Divarfs 
Spiru Cxmn 
Taliieau.x Vivants 
Talma Actor's Art 
Temperance Plays 
Vocal Music of -^h.akespeare'j Plays 
Webster's Actini; Edition 
VViirs. etc. 



VOL. XLI. 
/ -ntnres of a Love 
r I Child [Letter 

irKards 
IT and Box 
orty Winks 
'■ -iderful Woman 
lout Case 
eedleton's Tail Coat 



{Frenches Minor Drama Continue. I from 4tb page of Cover.) 
VOL. XLIII. 



VOL. XI.II. 

329 As Like as Tw.. Peas 

330 Presumptive Evident 

331 Happy Band 
.^32 Pinafore 
3.33 Mock Trial 

334 Mv Uncle's Will 
.335Hapnv -&r 
336 My Turn Next 



!37 Sunset 

Vn For Haifa Million 

V.Vii C hie Car 

UO Early Bird 

!41 Alumni I Uy 

34-.> Show of Hands 
|.<43 Barh:ir'i 
1344 Who's Who 



VOL. XLIV. 
;?45 Who's To Win Him 

346 Which is Whiih 

347 Cup of Tea 

SI'S Sarah's Young M.an 
34!* Hearts 

350 In Honor f 

351 F" 



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VOL. I. 
1 Til* Irlih Attorney 
J BooU »t the Sw«n 

5 How to P&y tlie Rent 
4 Th« Loan of a L«v«r 

6 Th« D«ad Shot ' 
( His Last K,ep 

t The Invib.ble Prino* 
i Th« UoMen Farmer 

VOL. II. 
t Pride of the Market 

10 Ueed Up 

1 1 The Irish Tutor 

18 The Barrack Room 

13 Luke the La orer 

14 Beauty ami the Beast 
16 St. P.i'trick't Eve 

16 Captain of the Watch 

VOL. IIL 

17 The Secret fpere 

18 Wliite Hor«e of the Pep- 
It The Jacobite 

JO The Bottle 
81 Box and Cox 
88 Ramhoozliiig 

53 Widow's Victim 
24 Robert Macaire 

VOL. IV. 

28 Secret Service 

85 Omnibus 
27 Irish Lion 
SSMaidof CroisiT 

29 The Old Guard 

30 Raisin); the Wind 

31 Slasher and Crasher 

32 Naval Eiigigeinente 

VOL. V. 
83 Cocknies in CalilbrnU 
34 Who Speaks First 

86 Boiubastes t^'urioso 
3( Macbeth Travestie 

87 Irish Ambassador 

38 Delicate Ground 

39 The Weathercock [Gold 

40 All that Glitters Is Not 

VOL. VI. 

41 Grimshaw, Bagshaw and 

Bradshaw 
48 Roui^h Diamond 

48 Bloomer Costume 
44 Two Bonnyca-tles 
(6 Born to Good Luck 

It Kiss in tlie Dark [jurer 
47 'Twould Puzzle » Cou- 
18 Kill or Cure 

VOL. VII. 

49 Box and Cox Married and 
8C St. Cupid [Settled 

61 Qo-to-bed Tom 

62 The Lawyers 
i% J.ock Sheppard 

54 The Toodles 

66 The Mobcap 
60 Ladies Beware 

VOL. VIII. 

67 Morning Call 

68 Popping- the Queitloi 

59 Deaf »8 a Post 

60 Ne v Footman 

«l Pleasant Ncighboe 
6i Paddy the Piper 
«8 Brian O'Linn 
64 Irish Assurance 
VOL. IX 
66 Temptation 

66 Paddv Carey 

67 Two (iregoTie» 
98 Kin|r Charminf^; 
t» Po-oa-hon-tas 

70 Clockmaker's Hat 

71 Married Rake 

72 Love and Murder 

VOL. X. 
78 Ireland and Ameriea 
74 Pr«tty Piece of Bucineai 
'■•'<h Brooin-maker 

'4«.^nd Back for 



VOL. XI. 

81 O'Flaanigan and the Fal 

82 Irish Post [riei 

83 My Neighbor'* Wife 

84 Irish Tiger 

85 P. P., or Man and Tiger 
61 To Oblige Benson 

87 State Secrets 

88 Irish Yankee 

VOL. XII. 

89 A Good Fellow 

90 Cherry and Fair Star 
!»1 Gale Breetely 

98 Our Jemiuiy 

93 Miller's Maid 

94 Awkward Arrival 
96 Crossing the Line 

96 Conjugal Lesson 

VOL. XIIL 

97 My Wife's Mirror 

98 Life in New York 

99 Middy Ashore 

100 Crown Prince 

101 Two Queens 

102 Thumping Legacy 

103 Unfinished '^-utleman 

104 House Dog 

VOL. X!V. 

1 05 The Demon Lover 

106 Matrimony 

107 In and Out of Place 

108 I nine with My Mother 

109 Hi-a-wa-tha 

110 Andv Blake 

11 Love" in '76 ' [ties 

12 Romance under Difflcul- 

VOL. XV. 

13 One Coat fur 2 Suit* 

14 A Decided Case 

1 5 Daugh ter [no rltv 

116 No; or, the Glorious Mi- 

117 Coroner's Inquisition 

118 Love in Humble Life 
19 Family Jars 

120 »r30uation 
VOL. XVI. 

121 Childr.?n in the Wood 
22 Winning a Husband 

123 Day After the Fair 

124 Maki Your WilU 

125 Rendezvous 

128 My Wife's Husband 

27 Monsieur Tonson 

28 Illustrious Stranger 

VOL. XVII. 

29 Mischief-Making [Ml nes 
'0 A Live Woman to the 
U The Corsair 

32 Shvlock 

33 Spoiled Child 
134 Evil Eye 

■ib Vothing to Nurse 

36 Wanted A "Vidovr ( 

VOL. XVIJL 
137 Lottery Ticket 

38 Fortune's Frolio 

39 Is he Jealous f 

40 Married Bachelor 

141 Husband at Sight 

142 Irishman in London 
"43 A.nitna! Magnetism 

144 Highways and By-W ays 
VOL. XIX. 

145 Columbus 

148 Harlequin Bluebeard 

147 Ladie; at Home 

148 Phenomenon in a Smock 

Frock 

49 Comedy and Tragedy 

50 Opposite '^'eighbors " 
151 Dutchman's Ghost 

52 Persecuted Outchman 
VOL. XX. 

63 Musard Ball 
.64 Great Tragic Revival 
1.55 High Low Jack & Game 

156 A Gentleman from Ire- 

157 Tom and Jerry [land 
-8 Villige Lawyer 

'f Captain's not A-mis» 
4 Amateurs and Aotors 



VOL. XXL 

161 Promotion [ual 

162 \ Fascinating Individ- 

163 Mrs. Caudle 

164 Shakespeare's Dream 
16t Neptune's Defeat 
168 Lady of Bedchamber 

167 Take Care of Little 

168 Irish Widow [Charley 

VOL. XXII. 

169 Yankee Peddler 

170 Hiram Hireout 

171 Double-Bedded Room 

172 The Dr.Ama Deiended 

1 73 Vermont Wool Dealer 

174 Ebenezer Venture [ter 

175 Principles from Charac 

176 Lady of the Lake (Trar) 

Vol. xxiii. 

177 Mad Dogs 

178 Barney tne Baron 

179 Swiss Swains 

180 Bachelor's Bedroum 

181 A Roland for an Oliver 

182 More Blunders than One 

183 Dumb Belle 
1n4 LimKrick boy 

VOL. X5CIV. 
186 Nature and Philosophy 

186 Teddy the Tiler 

187 Spectre Bridegroom 

188 Matteo Falcone 

189 Jenny Lind 

190 Two Buzzard* 

191 Happy .M:m 

192 Betsy' Baker 

Vol. XXV. 

193 No. 1 Round the Corner 

194 Teddy Roe 

195 Object of Interest 

196 My Fellow Clerk 

197 Bengal Tiger 

198 Laughing Hvena 

199 The Victor Vanquished 

200 Our Wife 

VOL. XXVL 

201 My Husband's Mirror 

202 Yankee Land 

203 Norah Crelna 

204 Good for Nothing 
206 The First Night 

206 The Eton Boy 

207 Wandeiing Minstrel 

208 Wanted, 1000 Milliner* 
VOL. XXVIL 

209 Poor Pilcoddy 

210 The Mummy [Glasses 

211 Don't Forget your Opera 

212 Love in Livery 
218 Anthony and Cleopatra 

214 Trying It On 

215 Stage Struck Yankee 

216 Young Wife & Old Urn 

brella 

VOL. xxvnr. 

217 Crinoline 

218 A Fauiily Failing 

219 Adopted'Child 

220 Turned Heads 

221 A Match in the Dark 

222 Advice to Husband* 

223 Siamese Twins 

224 Sent to the Tower 

VOL. XXtX. 
925 Somebody Pise 
2 6 Ladies' Battle 

227 ^rt of Acting 

228 The Lady of the Lloni 

229 The Riffhts of Man 

230 My Husoand's Ghost 

231 Two Can Play at that 

Game 

itins, _ , 

VOL. XXX 
233 Unprotected Female 
2.34 Pet of the Petticoats 
285 Forty and Fifty [book 
2.36 Who Stole the Pocket- 
•'.37 My Son Diana [sion 

238 Unwarrantable I n t - u - 
2.<$9 Mr. :.nd M-.s. White 
240 A Quiet Family 



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VOL. XXXI. 

241 Cool as Cucumber 

242 Sudden ThoughU 

243 Jumbo Jum 

244 A Blighted Being 

245 Little Toddlekins 
24b A Lover by Proxy J'Pall 

247 Maid with the Milking 

248 Perplexing Predicament 
VOL. XXXH. 

249 Dr. Da worth 

250 Out to Nurse 

251 A Lucky Hit 
262 The Dowager 

253 Metamora (Burlei.que) 

254 Dreams of Delusion 

255 The Shaker Lover* 

256 Ticklish Time* 
VOL. XXXIIL 

•Jbl 20 Minutes with a Tiger 
1268 Miralda ; or, the Justice 
of Tacon 

269 A Soldier's Courtehip 

260 Servants bv Legacy 

261 Dying for Love 

262 Alarming Sacrifice 

263 Valet de Sham 

264 Nicholas N Ickleby 
VOL. XXXIV; 

266 The Last of the Pirtails 

266 King Rene's Daughter 

267 Th. Grotto Nymph 

268 A Devilish Good Joke 
2H9 A Twice Told Taje 

270 Pas de Fascination 
■71 Revolutionary Soldier 

272 A Man Without a Head 
VOL. XXXV. 

273 The Clio, Part 1 
974 The Olio, Part S 

275 The Olio, Part 8 [ter 

276 The Trumpeter's Daugh. 

277 Seeing Warren 

278 Green Mountain Boy 

279 That Nose 

280 Tom Noddy's Secret 
VOL. XXXVL 

281 Shocking Event* 

282 A Regular Fix 

283 Dick Turpin 

284 Young Sctmp 

285 Young Actres* 

286 Call at No. 1—7 

287 One Touch of Natur« 

288 Two B'hoys 

VOL. xxxVii. 

289 All the World's a Stage 

290 Quash, or Nigger Prao- 

291 Turn Him Out [tiee 

292 Pretty Girls of StIIlberg 

293 Angel of the Attic 

294 C'rcumstancesalterCaies 

295 Katty O'Sheal 
298 A Supper in Dixie 

VOL. xxxvin. 

297 Ici on Parle Francal* 

298 Who Killed Cock Robin 

299 Declaration of tudepend- 

300 Heads or Tails fence 

301 Obstinate Family 

302 My Aunt 
""" That Rascal Pat 
304 Don Paddy de Bazan 

VOL. XXXIX. [tur 
Too Much for Good ^■ 
S06 Cure for1£^e 1 

307 Jack's the Lad ^ 

308 Much Ado A bom' 

309 Artful Dodeer 

310 Winning Hazai 

311 Day's Fishing 

312 Did you ev^r i 
VOL. XL. •--'■ 

313 An Irishman's Manet 

314 Cousin Fannie 

31 5 'Tif the Darkest Hourh 
<1 6 Masquerade [fore Daw 

317 Crnwding the Season 

318 Good Night's Rest 

319 Man with the Carpet B»5 
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